Typewriting machine



Aug. 16, 1938. Q FESCHER 2,127,251

TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Oct. 8, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet l IIHIIIIIHIJHI L I I I 1 /11// 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 111111 1 1 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 1212222124212; Inventor O. FISCHER TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Oct. 8, 1932 Aug. 16, 1 938.

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TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Oct. 8, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor VVVVVV 4 o. FISCHER 2,127,251

Patented Aug. 16, 1938 Oskar Fischer,

ermany Application October In Germany My invention relates to writing machines, and moreparticularly in typewriting machines in which the types are disposed on a drum or cylinder adapted to be set with the types in printing position and to be thrown towards the platen by means of electromagnets. One of the movements to be imparted to the type cylinder for setting the desired type in printing position is a rotary movement, and for limiting the said rotary movement stops are provided which are adapted to be set into operative positions by key levers. It is important that in the gearings controlling the rotary movement of the type cylinder the number of the intermediate members should be reduced to a minimum,because such intermediate members-tend to retard 7 the rotary movement by their size and inertia, and because much power is needed for accelerating such intermediate members and for overcoming the frictional resistance. Further, such intermediate members are objectionable for the reason that the operation thereof causes much noise, and they render the gearing complicated. Further, the use of such intermediate members between the shaft or stem of the type cylinder and the stop members controlled by the key levers is objectionable because the elasticity and the unavoidable clearance in the 'joints cause inaccuracies in the'position of; the key-controlled stops, so that the types cannot be exactly set in printing position. In typewriting machines in which the type carrier takes the form of a segment such intermediate members can be readily avoided. The invention relates to typewriting machines in which the types are disposed all around thecircumference of the type cylinder or on a considerable part thereof. If in machines of this type the stop member cooperating with the key-controlled stops is secured: to the shaft or-stem of the type carrier, the key-controlled stops must be disposed on a full circle or on a considerable part of a circle, which construction requires complicated mechanism. According to the invention the said stop member which is 45 movable with the type cylinder takes the form of or'is rigidly connected with a toothed sector meshing with a gear wheel connected with the type cylinder and having a larger radius than the said gear wheel, so that in the operation. of the 50 said parts the said stop member ,is rotated through a comparatively small angle, and the,

key-controlled stops are arranged on a broad flat arc, and they may be connected with the key levers by simple mechanism. This construction,

is particularly important where printing is efimprovements in type- Kaplelhof, near Friedrichshafen,

8, 1932, Serial No. 636,863

October 31, I929 24 Claims. (01. rat-12$ fectedby throwing the type cylinder towards the platen.

Another object of the improvements is to pro- I vide a machine in which the toothed "sector, the

stop member connected or armatures of the therewith, the armature electromagnets imparting rotary movement to the type cylinder, and other members connected with the type cylinder rotating and printing me common shaft which is stationary bearings. Another object of chanism are secured to a rockingly mounted in the improvements is to provide electromagnets for imparting rotary movement, automatic shifting movement and printing movement to the type cylinder by means of rotary armatures, that the pivot of which is the lines of force poles to the armature in median position.

type the air gap between the the armature may be very small, and further, the

is by means of armatures located in the direction of which pass from'the magnetic when the said armature is In electromagnets of this magnetic poles and electromagnets are particularly effective because at the beginning of the operation and when acceleration of the parts of the mechanism is necessary the magnetic while the said force force is at its maximum, is comparatively small at the end of the movement of the armature and .1

\ when the power to be exerted thereby is small.

As far as the electromagnet or electromagnets for imparting rotary movement to the type cylinder are concerned the improved construction is advantageous for the reason directly which rotary movement is armatures may be of the sector from imparted to the shaft that the armature or mounted on the shaft of the type'cylinder.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

For the purpose of explaining the invention several examples emb 1 shown in the accomp reference the same letters of odying the same have been anying drawings, in which have been used in all the views to indicate correspondingparts. In

said drawings,

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation showing the machine,

the line 3-3 of Fig.

1; showing the manner of mounting the type cylinder and the toothed sector for imparting rotary movement thereto,

Fig. 4 is an elevation of -a part of Fig. 3 show-- ing the sleeve in which the type cylinder is rotatably mounted and a p art of the toothed sector,

70 a plan view of the mechanism for exactly setting Fig- 5 is a detail elevation partly in section showing the sleeve in which the type cylinder is rotatably mounted and a part of the mechanism controlling the throwing or printing operation thereof,

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the type cylinder and the t p part of the stem or shaft carrying the same, I

Fig. 7 is an elevation on a larger scale showing the top part of the stem or shaft of the type cylinder,

Fig. 8 is an elevation Fi 7,

Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively an elevation and a plan view showing the sleeve in which the type viewed from the left in cylinder is mounted and parts of the mechanism controlling the throwing or printing operation thereof, I

Fig. 11 is a detail elevation on a larger scale and viewed iii. the direction of the arrows H, H shown in Fig. i, for illustrating the mechanism for returning the type cylinder and the toothed sector for imparting rotary movement thereto into median position,

Fig. 12 is a plan view showing the mechanism for locking the type cylinder and the toothed sector in median position,

Fig. 13 is a top plan view showing a part of the type cylinder shifting mechanism and the electromagnet connected therewith, r l

Fig. 14 is a sectional elevation taken on the line i i-i4 of Fig. 13, a

Fig. 15 is a bottom view of a part of Fig. 14,

Fig. 16 is an elevation on an enlarged scale showing the end of a key lever,

mg. 17 is an elevation viewed from the left in Fig. i6,

Fig. 18 is a plan view showing the mechanism for limiting the rotary movement of the type cylinder and the toothed sector cooperating therewith,

Fig. 19 is a similar plan view showinga'modifi cation of the said mechanism, I i v Fi 20 is an elevation viewed from the left in Fig. 19,

Fig. 21 is a sectional elevation on a larger scale showing a modification of'the mechanism controllingthe circuits of the electromagnets,

Fig. 21a is a detail sectional elevation on an enlarged scale showing a modification of the mechanism controlling the movement of the type cylinder, one of the controlling members being broken away,

} Fig. 21b is a similar elevation in which another one of the controlling members is broken away,

a Fig. 210 is a top plan view of Fig. 21a,

Fig. 22 is an elevation showing the contact springs viewed from the left in Fig. 21,

Fig. 23 is a sectional elevation on a larger scale showing a modification f the type cylinder shifting mechanism,

Fig. 23a is a detail view showing the end of one of the key levers shown in Fig. 23,

Fig. 24 is a top plan view of Fig. 23,

Fig. 25 is a top plan view partly in section taken on the line 25-25 of Fig. 23 and showing rockable levers, associate parts and electromagnets forming parts of'the type cylinder shifting mechanism, 7 Figs. 26 and 27 are respectively an elevation and the type cylinder in shifted positions,

- Figs. 28 and 29 are diagrams showing the elec-e troi'njagnets, switches and circuits operating the I mechanisms ofthe machine, and

imparting rotary movement The type cylinder I is mounted on its stem 2 so that it may be readily removed therefrom. As is shown in Figs. 6 to 8, the said stem is formed at its top end and at opposite sides with two elongated recesses so as to provide a tapering portion 3, and the side walls 8 of the said median portion'are likewise formed with tapering .ends 4. To the top part of the stem two leaf springs are secured to the stem by means of a rivet 6, which springs are located within the elongated recesses and guided therein and protected from injury. The springs 5 are formed with enlarged tapering. top ends 5' providing shoulders 5 To the stem 2 a cylindrical cup 7 is secured by means of a set screw 9, and the said cup is constructed for supporting the type cylinder 5, the said cylinder being held in position, against the action of a spring '5', by the shoulders 5 If it is desired to remove the type cylinder from the said cup the springs 5, 5 are pressed inwardly so as tov release the type cylinder, the top ends of the springs perfectly disappearing within the recesses.

The stem 2 of the type cylinder is guided in a sleeve 90 carrying a gear wheel ll (Figs. 1 to 5). It is polygonal or square in..cross-section so that the cup Ii and the type cylinder i mounted thereon and the sleeve it may be readily mounted in correct positions relatively to one another. The sleeve til is mounted in a tubular member I 2 made integral with laterally projecting arms l3 and I4 (Figs. 1, 9 and The said tubular member and arms are rockingly mounted on pointed screws and I 6 screwing inarms i8 and i9, as is shown in Figs. 2, 3, 9 and 10. The arms 5 3 and it are made integral with rearward extensions 93 and i l, and the extension by a link with 'an arm 2| secured to a rock shaft 22 mounted on pointed screws 23 and 24 and having the armature of an electromagnet 26 secured thereto. When the electromagnet 26 is energized the armature 25 is rocked in a direction for throwing the type cylinder towards the platen.

The electromagnet 26 with two electromagnets 21 and 28 provided for to the type cylinder for setting the desired type and it is energized when one of the keys'is depressed. However, normally the printing mechanism controlled by the electromagnet 26 is locked by the following mechanism: The tubular memher it? is cast integral with an arm 34 carrying a roller 33; and on a vertical'rock shaft 30 a sleeve Si is shiftable, which'sleeve is formed at its front side with a circumferential groove 32 engaged by the roller 33 (Figs. 1,5 and 10). Normally the said sleeve is held in elevated position by means of a latch 29 acted upon by a spring 29', and the said latch is thrown out of locking engagement with the sleeve 3i for permitting rocking movement of the arm 34 and the tubular member i2, shortly before the end'of the rotary movement of the type cylinder. this purpose will presently be'described.

By releasing the sleeve 3! from the latch 29 i4" is connected is connected in shunt,

The mechanism provided for I in printing position,

of the inertia of the throwing mechanism, and the last part of the rotary movement may be performed while the type cylinder moves towards the platen. Rotary movement is imparted to the type cylinder by means of a toothed sector 36 which is in engagement with the gear wheel I I, and which is secured to the rock shaft 30 by means of a screw 48', the said sector being adapted to be rocked by the electromagnets 21 and 28 respectively to the right or left. The armatures I40 and HI of the said electromagnets are secured to the stem 30, and they are angularly displaced relatively to each other so that one of the electromagnets turns the. stem 30 to the right and the other one v to the left. The upper electromagnet 21 is energized by depressing a key lever located at the right hand side of the machine, so that the armature I40 of the said electromagnet turns the shaft 38 in clockwise direction and the type cylinder I in anti-clockwise direction, and when a key of the left hand side of the keyboard is depressed thelower electromagnet 28 is energized, and the type cylinder I is rotated in clockwise direction. The rotary movement of the armatures of the electromagnets 21 and 28 is arrested by means of an arm 31 secured to the shaft 38 and impinging upon the downwardly directed arm of one of a. set of bell crank levers 38, which arm has been rocked rearwardly by depressing a key connected therewith (Figs. 1, 2 and 18). f

In the machine shown in the drawings means are provided for temporarily locking the arm 31 in its end positions and preventing the same from rebounding by elasticity. As is shown in Figs. 2 and 18, on laterally directed arms of the arm 31 two latches 39 and 49 are mounted which are shiftable forwardly and rearwardly relatively to the machine, the said latches being in pin and slot engagement with the arm 31, and being acted upon by coiled springs 4| and 42 tending to shift the same forwardly and in a direction towards the keyboard. The front ends of the said latches do not engage the downwardly directed arms of the bell crank levers 38 which have not been rocked, and they are adapted to yield to the downwardly directed arm of the bell crank lever 38 which has been rocked and to be-shifted for wardly by the springs M or 42 and into position. for engaging the outer face of the rocked bell crank lever as soon as the arm 31 impinges upon the inner face thereof. Thus the said rocked bell crank lever limits the rocking movement of the rock shaft 30, the sector 36 and the type wheel I by impinging upon the inner face of the rocked bell crank lever 38, and the latch 39 orat II, and which is adapted to be rocked, by the magnetism of the energized electromagnet 21 or 28, into engagement with a toothed sector I53 secured to the armature of the said electromagnet. When the electromagnet is deenergized a spring I52 retractsthe latch I58 so as to release "the arm The bell crank. levers by the member 31, and to permit the type cylinder to mounted on a segmental axis I42, and their number is one half of that of the type keys I I I. I

The latch 29 is thrown out of locking engagement with the sleeve 3I by means of a link 45 connecting a downwardly directed arm of the latch'with two latches 43 and 44 rockingly mounted on the arm 31 and formed with noses in position for impinging uponthe downwardly directed arm of the rocked bell crank lever 38. The said noses slightly project beyond the arm 31, so that the latch 28 is rocked slightly before the end of the rotary movement of the type wheel (Figs. 1, 2, 18 and 19) Thus, when the nose of one of the latches 43 or of the rocked bell crank lever 38 the said latch is rocked and the rod 45 is shiftedforwardly, thus retracting the pawl 29 away from the sleeve 3I and permitting the t pe cylinder to be thrown towards the platen. After the latch 43 or 44 hasimpinged upon the lever 38 the arm 31 engages the said lever and arrests the type cylinder in the position in which the selected type is in printing position.

For returning the type cylinder I into median position mechanism is provided which is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 11. On the screw 49', fixed to the .toothed sector 36 a roller 49 is mounted, which is straddled by two arms 41, 48 roekingly mounted on a frame member I45 and acted upon by a common spring 46 tending to hold the same in engagement with stop pins 52- and 53 and with the roller 49. Therefore, when the sector 36 is rocked in one or the other direction the roller 49 rocks one of the levers 41 or 48 outwardly, and when the rocked bell crank lever 38 has returned into initial position the spring 46 acting on the arm 41 or 48 returns the said arm and the sector 36 into median position in which the said arm bears again on the stop pin 52 or 53. By providing a single spring 46 for both levers 41 and 48 the construction is comparatively simple, and the to return the type cylinder into initial position is the same whether the cylinder has been turned to the right or to the left.

Mechanism is provided for preventing the type cylinder and the parts associated therewith fromv being overthrown when they are returned into initial position by the spring 46, which mechanism is shown in Figs) 1 and 12. To the bottom part of the shaft-3|] a stop member 54 having two laterally projecting arms is secured, which arms cooperate with two pawls 55 and 56' mount: ed on members 51 and. 58 of square cross-section fixed by means of screws 59 and spacing screws 60 to frame members I46. By means of the screws 59 and 60 the pawls 55 and 56 are adjusted in positions. Normally the pawls 55, and 56 are held in position for locking the member 54 by springs 55. When a key of the right hand part of the keyboard is depressed the right hand .pawl

56 is rocked out of position for engagement with the stop member 54, so thatthe shaft 38 may be rocked clockwise. If thereafter the shaft is returned into. initial position by the spring 46, the pawl which has not been rocked is engaged 54 and arrests the shaft 38 in median position, and immediately thereafter the pawl 56 is thrown into locking position relatively to the arm 54 cooperating therewith. Thereby rebounding of the mechanism is prevented.

38, 38 are rockingly When a key of the left hand part of the keyboard tions.

.is depressedthe operation is similar. The pawls are adapted tobe rocked out of locking position by means of bell crank levers 6| the downwardly directed arms of which are equipped with pins 62 engaging in slots of the downwardly directed arms of the pawls (Fig. 1). The horizontal arms of the bell crank levers 6| bear on adjustable stop members 63 controlling the engagementof the. pawls' 56 with the arms of the member 54. The bell crank levers 6| are secured to shafts 64 which have upwardly directed arms 65 secured to their outer ends, the said arms being connected by links 66 with armsfi'l. The arms 61 are secured to contact making bails 68 which are adapted to be rocked about an axis 69 when a key is depressed, and which are locatedone at each side of the machine. Fig. 2 shows only one of the said bails. Thus, when any one of the keys is depressed one of the pawls 55 or 56 is rocked out of locking position for permitting rotary movement of the type cylinderto the right or left.

In the modification of the contact making mechanism shown in Figs. 21, 21a, 1) and 0, each ball 68 and H3 carries an arm 61, which is ,adapted to rock one of the pawls 55 or 56 through the intermediary of one of .the links 86, when a key is depressed. These figures will be described hereafter.

On the shaft 30 several members, viz. the arm 56, the armatures and I of the electromagnets 21 and t8, the sleeve 3|, the roller 69 and the toothed sector 36 are mounted, and all the said members must be in exact relative posi- For convenience in thus mounting the said members it is preferred to provide a shaft at having a square or polygonal cross-section.

For retracting the type cylinder from the platen a spring may be provided which is put under tension by the printing movement of the type cylinder. In the example shown in the figures and more particularly in Figs. 2, 9 and 10, an additionalelectromagnet 10 is provided for this purpose. The armature ll of the electromagnet is fixed to a rock shaft 12' mounted on pointed screws 12L and an arm 13 fixed to the said shaft is connected by a link 14 with the extension !3' of the arm l3 of the tubular member i2. Slightly before the type cylinder strikes on the platen a switch 10' controlling the supply of energy to the electromagnet i0 is closed by the printing-operation, whereupon the electromagnet rocks the type cylinder into initial position, and the electromagnet 10 is again deenergized.

The construction may also be such that the type cylinder is thrown towards the platen by means of a spring, while the" return movement is efiected by means of an electromagnet, which also puts the spring under tension.. This is illustrated in Fig. 30. To the extension ll of the arm 34, projecting from the sleeve H, a coiled spring 22| is attached, which spring is anchored at 222 in the base plate 15 of the machine. The tension of this spring is such that at all times'pit tends to swing the stem 2 in clockwise direction and to carry the type cylinder toward the platen. Electromagnet 26, being energized, effects rotation of its armature 25'. The rotation of the armature is eilective through. the link to swing the shaft 2 against spring tension in counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 30, and so to carry the type cylinder away from the platen. 1

With reference to Fig. 19, it is manifest that the axis of the armature borne by the shaft 30 ismal is so related to the electromagnet 21 that, when the electromagnet is energized, the armatureits own median position (the position shown) toward a position in which the armature comes to its median position with respect to the electromagnet; that is to say,'a position in which the axis of the armature extends in the direction of the lines of force passing from the poles of the magnet to the armature; and (cf. Figs. 1 and 2) it will be perceived that thesame relationship obtains between the second. armature borne by shaft 30 and the electromagnet 28 with which that second armature is associated. Reference to Fig. 9 will reveal the same relationship between the armature that, mounted on the shaft 22, efiects the printing rock of thetype cylinder and its controlling electiomagnetZG; and reference to Fig. 30 (illustrating an alternative arrangement) will reveal the same-relationship between the armature 25 and the electromagnet 26'.

And in all these cases the torque, that is eifective either to rotate the type cylinder or to rock it,,

is a torque that diminshes in intensity as the type cylinder progresses in its movement. This characteristic is of value and utility both because maximum torque is exerted when inertia bearing shaft is turned counter-clockwise from a is to be overcome and maximum torque is need,- ed; and further because in consequence the type cylinder, moving, to successive positions .under diminishing (though adequate) impulse, is brought to rest with diminished Jar and sound of impact; and operation maybe rendered relatively noiseless.

For compensatmg irregular current impulses an elastic member may be provided between the armature 25 and the arm 54. For example the link 20 may take the form of a coiled spring. This modification is particularly useful where the machine is operated by alternating current.

As is shown in Fig. 1, the types are arranged on the type cylinder I in three pairs of rows, the

uppermost pair of rows comprising for example the small letters, the second pair of rows the capitals, and the lowermost pair of rows the numbers and signs. The number of the keys is equal to the number of types of each pair of rows, and

therefore when one half of the said. keys is de-:

pressed the type cylinder must not only be turned about its axis, but it must also be shifted a distance corresponding to the distance between the rows of types of each pair. The shifting mecha--' nism is illustrated in Figs. 1, 13, i4 and 15. It comprises an electromagnet 16 which is secured to the bottom side-of the base plate 15 of the machine. In Fig. i the said electromagnet has not been illustrated.

In constructions heretofore proposed by 'me the said electromagnet was energized by each operation oi a key, and also by the operation of a key by which the type cylinder was not shifted, in which case either the armature of the electromagnet was locked or disconnected from the shift mechanism. In my improved construction the shifting electromagnet is energized only when signs are to be printed which require shifting movement of the type cylinder, and the number of the necessary shifting operations is reducedto a minimum by disposing the types inthe pairs of rows so that in any case the sign requires shifting of the type cylinder, which is printed comparatively seldom.

"re the bottom end of "the stem 2 or the type cylinder a cap J1 is secured, the cavity of which connected by a universal joint 80, 8| with a shifting lever 82 composed of two spaced blades and rockingly mounted between pointed screws 83, 84, as is best shown in Fig. 13. The free end of the said shifting lever is formed with two inwardly bent ears 86 normally bearing on an arm 85 having at its end a coating of felt and secured to a block 85' fixed to the bottom plate 15. For shifting the type wheel two keys u and u and key levers links 88 are suspended, the shift key levers being adapted to lift the lever 82 and the type cylinder I to different heights for bringing either one of the lower pairs of rows of types into printing position. For limiting and exactly adjusting the shifting movement, and for returning the shift key levers into normal position toggle joints 89, 90 are provided, the links 89 of which are connected to the key levers 81, and the links 90 of which are connected to a block 9I, springs 92 being provided for normally holding the toggle joints in the position shown in Fig. l. When a shift key lever is depressed the toggle joint connected therewith is stretched. The plates forming the shift key lever 82 are formed with upwardly directed arc-shaped arms 93 providing supports for four rollers 94, and-between pairs of the said rollers an arc-shaped cam member 95 may be passed for shifting the type cylinder and setting the samewith the lower row of types in printing position. The said cam member 95 is secured. to 'the square shaft of the armature 96 of the electromagnet 16. Two plates 91 and 98 fixed to the armature 96 are adapted to limit the movement of the cam member 95 to either side, and a spring 99 is provided for returning the armature 96 and the cam member 95 into initial position. For preventing rebounding of the cam member passed between a pair of rollers 94 a latch I00 is provided which is normally held out of engagement with a tooth I02 fixed to the armature 96 by means of a spring I0I, and which is attracted by the poles of the electromagnet 16 when the said electromagnet is energized (Figs.

5 l3 and 14). Thus, when the electromagnet is energized, and the latch is attracted, the armature 96 is rocked, and its tooth I02 slides in contact with the latch, until the, armature arrives in its end position, whereupon a nose formed on ,the latch I00 engages at the rear of the tooth I02.

When afterwards the electromagnet is deenergized for permitting the type cylinderl to return into initial position the latch I00 is retracted by the spring IOI with its nose away from the 55 tooth I02, whereupon the armature 96 is free to return into initial position.

On the stop plate 98 a roller I03 is mounted which upon operation of the shifting, mechanism presses a contact spring I04 into engagement with a contact screw I06 secured to the spring The object of this contact making device I04, I06 is the folldwing: The electromagnets for imparting rotary movement to the type cylinder and the electromagnet for throwing the type .cylinder towards the platen 'for' printing are connected in shunt. But the throwing mechanism is locked by means of, the sleeve 3 I and the latch 29 until the rotary movement of the type cylinder is nearly completed. The shifting movement of the type cylinder must be completed simultaneously with the rotary mogement. If however the angle through which the type cylinder the shifting movementihight with the rotary is rotated is small not be completed simultaneously 81 are provided from which slotted movement, and it may happen that the throwing movement begins before the proper time. This objection may be obviated by slightly retarding the throwing electromagnet, for example. by means of a suitable energizing coil. In the construction shown in the figures the throwing electromagnet is not energized simultaneously with the shifting electromagnet when the type cylinder is to be shifted, and the circuit of the throwing electromagnet is closed only by the movement of the armature of the electromagnet operating the automatic shifting mechanism. For this purpose the said contact making device I04, I06 is provided.

Normally the type cylinder is in the position shown in Fig. 1 in which the upper row of the uppermost pair of rows of types is in printing position. For setting the second or third pair of rows into printing position the type cylinder is lifted by means of one of the shift key levers 81 and links 88, one of the said shift key levers being adapted to shift the type cylinder I through a distance equal to the distance between corresponding rows of the first and second pair of rows of types, and the other through a distance corresponding. to the distance between corresponding rows of the uppermost and the lowermost pairs of the rows of types. If a type of the lower rows of the pairs is to be printed additional shifting movement is imparted to the type cylinder by means of the cam 95 rocked by the electromagnet 16 between pairs of rollers 94.

Figs. 23, 23a, 24 and 25 show a modification of the shifting mechanism. The said mechanism comprises a shifting lever I54 which is rockingly mounted on brackets I55, and which is adapted to be operated by means of shift key levers I56 and I51 through the intermediary of slotted links I58, I59. As is shown in Fig. 23 at I59, the said links have a slight lost motion relat ively to the lever I54, the'object of which will be explained hereafter. The shifting lever I54 is connected with the stem 2 of the type cylinder by means of a rod I60 which is provided at both ends with caps I6I embracing spherical heads I62 provided respectively at the bottom end of the stem 2 and a screw-threaded pin I63 fixed to an arm I64 of the lever I54. By means of the said screw-threaded pin I63 the rowsof the type cylinder are set vertically in exact positions relatively to the platen I1. The arm I64 is slotted and the parts thereof are adapted to be clamped together for fixing the pin I63 in set position by means of a screw I65. The caps I6I are in screwing engagement with the rod I60, and by screwing the same more or less on the said rod the clearance of the spherical heads I62 may be reduced to a minimum. The caps are fixed in position by means of transverse pins I66. The heads I62 bear on polished disks I61 made from tempered steel. By, reason of the construction of the rod I60 and the associatedparts the mechanism may be readily adjusted, and it is adapted to yield in any direction, as is desirable for bringing the type cylinder and the shifting devices into correct relation to each other.

The shifting lever I54 is made from two blades which are connected at their front ends by a U- bears on a ring I13 of elastic material such as leather or rubber. The tension of the coiled spring I10 is such that it does not yield when the lever I54 impinges upon the pad I69. The object of the said elongated member or spring I10 is prevent the transmission of the noise from the pin I69 to the base plate 15.

The downward movement levers I56, I51 is arrested in thin rails or leaf-springs I14, 24) which are adapted to beadjusted in position by screws I16 and I11 and nuts I18 and I19.

The automatic mechanism for shifting the type cylinder a distance corresponding to the distance of the shift key a noiseless way. by

115 (Figs. 23 and between the rows of the pair of types comprises a bail I80 composed of two blades connected with each other by a U-shaped member I8I. The key-operated shifting lever I54 and theautomatically operated shifting -lever 180 are rockingly mounted on a common axis I82. A tension spring I83 tends to pull the lever I80 downwardly. The upward and downward movements of the said lever are limited by a leaf spring I84 disposed between two stop screws I85 and I86, the strength of the leaf spring I84 being such that it does not appreciably yield when impinging upon one of the screws I85 or I86. The said screws are mounted in slotted brackets I81 and I88 (Figs. 23 and 22), and they are fixed in position by screws I89 and I90. At its free en'dthelever I 88 carries a pawl I 9i which is supported on a pin I92, and which is adapted for engagement with a notched member I-93 fixed 'to and located between the blades of the lever I54. The said member I93 is formed with' three notches corresponding respectively to the normal position of the type cylinder and to the positions to which it may have been shifted by the shift key levers I56 and I51.

A slot of the pawl I9! is engaged by a pin I M,

secured to the armature I95 of a shifting electro magnet I96 (Fig. 25).' When-the said electro- .magnet is energized its armature is rocked about its fulcrum I91, the pin I9 1 is moved upwardly and first rocks the pawl I 9| into engagement with the notch ['93 located in front thereof, and

thereafter it shifts the stem of the type cylinder together with the levers I 54 and I80 a distance .corresponding to the distance between the rows of types of the pairs. The upward movement of the type cylinder is limited in a noiseless way by the spring I84. lever I80 from being shifted before the pawl 'I9.i has been rocked into engagement with one of the notches I93.

- levers I56 and To the blades of the key-controlled shifting lever I54 a second toothed member I98 is secured which cooperates with a pawl I99. By meansof the toothed member I98 and the pawl I99 the keycontrolled shifting lever I 54 is prevented from being accidentally moved upwardly, and from being overthrown beyond the desired position by means of the shift key levers-I56 and I51. A finger 200 formed on the pawl I99 normally bears on a pin 20I secured to the pawl I9I. If the said pawl 'I9I is rocked to the right by the electromagnet I96 the pawl J99 is rocked to the right and out of The spring I83 prevents theposition for engagement withv the member I98, so-

that. the automatic shiftingmechanism may be operated by the electromagnet I 96. When one of the shift key levers is depressed, the pawl I99 is rocked into inoperative position by hooks 202 and 203 provided at the ends of the shift key I51 and formed with cam faces acting on a pin 204 secured to the top end of thepawl I99, At the beginning of the shifting operation shifting movement begins. When the type cylinder is shifted with the third row of types into printing position the pawl I99 is released and rocked into locking position as soon as it has passed the first tooth of the member I98, because the said hook 203 is comparatively short (Fig. 23a) and when the type cylinderhas been shifted with the fifth row of types into printing po-' sition, the pawl I 99 is released only when the third tooth of the member I98 is in operative, position, for which purpose the hook ofthe shift key lever is comparatively long. In both cases the pawl I99 is again released by the pin 20I of the pawl I9I when the automatic shifting mechanism is operated by the electromagnet I96.

To the bottom end of the stem of the type cylinder a disk 205 having a bevelled margin is secured, which is adapted to engage a toothed member 206 when the type cylinder is thrown towards the platen, whereby inaccuraciesin the'position of the type cylinder are corrected. [The toothed member 206 is rockingly mounted on'a pivot bolt 201 supported by means of a bracket 209 (Figs. 26 and 27), and it is held in position .by a coiled spring 208. When it is impinged upon by the disk 205 it slightly yields rearwardly. Therefore the type cylinder is set in the correct position vertically before the type impinges upon the paper, and, further, the operation is made almost noiseless. The pivot bolt 201 isscrew-threaded at its bottom end, and at its top end it is axially shift able in thebracket 209. Thu'sthe member 206 may be readily set in the correct position vertically.

The keyboard of the machine is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The keys are arranged in a manner heretofore proposed by me, and so that the shape of the keyboard corresponds to the form of the hands, the fingers placed on the keyboard being bounded at all sides by the keys of the upperv act on pawls or-the like which are automaticallyreleased at the end of the printing operation, so that it is not necessary to release a depressed key before the next one is, depressed, and the hands of the writer may bear on the depressed keys and the keys may be depressed in immediate succession. The result of this combination is an important improvement of the machine, in so far as the machine has a function similar to a machine co'nstructedlfor printing syllables, because, when properly distributing the letters on the keyboard, frequently several letters may be printed by a single finger operation, the finger sliding from a depressed key to a key or' keys located below the same in the next row of keys. The construction of the said pawls acted upon by the key levers and the means operated at the end of .the printing operation willbe described hereinafter.

In the improved machine two space keys 2 are provided, and the said space keys are disposed at the side or in front of the thumb keys d, so that they may be operatedwithout shifting the hands by merely shifting the thumb to the side or forleft hand or right hand space key.

' supported on arms H4.

' inner or rear'ends H8 on a base H8 carrying cushions of felt or leather. The key levers are.

able. Therefore young students who are not yet accustomed to the present distribution of the letters on the keyboard, and also such clerks who do not object to the trouble of learning the new keyboard, are enabled to exchange the keys so v that they' are arranged according to the new principle, and at the same time to place a new type cylinder on the, machine.

Figs. 16 and 17 show the manner of mounting the keys on the key levers. The key levers H are punched so as to produce a tongue I III which is bent slightly to one side and which therefore acts as a spring when the keys II I which are provided at their bottom sides with a slot are placed thereon. By providing the upper portions of the key levers with bevelled edges H2 and the margins of the slots with similar bevelled portions the keys can be readily placed on the key levers.

The keys of the successive rows -are not displaced relatively to one another in lateral direction, but. they are disposed along straight lines one behind the other and in columns. For this reason the key levers of the two lower rows are cranked respectively to the right and left, as is shown in Fig. 2. All the type key levers H0 have a common axis H3 (Figs. 1 and 21), which is Above each type key lever there is an intermediate lever H5 composed of two blades, and the said key levers engage with their upper margins between the said blades, so that the key levers and intermediate levers guide each other. "Also the intermediate levers have a common axis-I I6. Between the blades of the intermediate levers H5 there are disks H5 which bear on the inner ends of the key levers. Tothe intermediate levers springs III are at tached which normally pull the said levers downwardly, so that the key levers bear with their different in length, and it is desirable that the movements of the intermediate levers andthe downward strokes of the keys be alike. In the construction shown in the figures this is accomplished by dividing the inner ends of the key levers and the lengths of the intermediate levers taken from the axis thereof to the disks H5 so that" the difference in the lengths of the key levers is compensated. For exactly limiting the vertical movements of the key levers and the intermediate levers a U-shaped rail I20 is pro-' vided. M

In the modification shown in Fig. 21 the key levers H0 act on intermediate levers H5 rockingly mounted at H6, the levers H5 being provided with slots engaged by pins H5 fixed to the key levers. The base H8 may be dispensed with.

Near their free ends the intermediate levers I I5'carry pawls I2I, and pairs of adjacent levers act through their pawls each on one of a plurality of contact plates I23 adapted to shift rods I24 connected with the front ends of levers I25 for rocking the same about theiraxes I26. As

. is shown,in,Fig. 2, two of the key levers I'III of the left hand row acton the same plate I23, and

the same angle,

the third key lever of the said row and one of the key levers of the second row act on the second plate I23, while the other key levers of the second row act on the third plate I23. The rear ends of the levers I25 engage in slots of pins I21 mounted in eyes formed on the bell crank levers 38, the said pins I21 being held in their eyesby friction and being adapted to be adjusted therein circumferentially and-vertically; The levers I25 are mounted in slots of studs I28 .which are flxed to a frame member I29 so that they may be turned about their vertical axes for adjusting the same in their proper positions. After printing, the bell crank levers 38 and the parts associated therewith are returned into initial position by springs I30. a

By reason of the dimensions of the levers described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 all the keys have the same stroke, and equal movements are imparted thereby to all the pawls I2I, bell crank levers 38, contact springs, etc., though all the parts are arranged according to what is most convenient in writing, and the key levers which are different in length are mounted on the same axis. Further, the key levers which are parallel to one another, and which are disposed one beside the other, act on radial bell crank levers 38, and yet there is no wedging in the gears, and the parts do not-require excessive accuracy in mounting which might interfere with the assemblage of the machine.

Above the contact plates I23 the two aforesaid balls 58 are located one at each side of the machine (Figs. 1 and 2). The said bails areelevated-by any one of the contact plates I23 connected with a depressed key lever. Thereby the circuit of one of the electromagnets 21 or 28 for imparting rotary movement .to the type cylinder in one orthe other direction, and the circuit of the throwing electromagnet '26 are closed by means of U-shaped contact springs I3I and co operating contacts I32. Two further bails I33 are shaped so that they are moved by one only of a pair of adjacent pawls I2I, which bails are adapted to closethe circuit of the shifting electromagnet I6. As is shown in Fig. 2, the bails I33 are formed at their rear sides with projections I33, engaged by some of the pawls I2I, while the other pawls are located with their top ends in the recesses provided between the said projections.

In the machine shownin the figures the types are so distributed on the type cylinder that out of two signs which are. brought into, printing position by turning the type-cylinder through the sign which is more frequently used is located in' the upper row of the pair of rows of types on the type cylinder, so that it is printed without actuating the shift mechanism, and the said shift mechanism is used only occasionally.

Figs. 21, 210., b, c and 22 show a modification of the contact making mechanism, in which the plates I23 have only the function of imparting movement to the levers I25 and 38 through the intermediary of the rods I24. For closing the contacts, at the right hand and left hand sides of the machine two bails GM and I 33I are provided, which are located one above the other, and the said bails are formed with recesses and projections 88 and I33, the projections of one bail being located within the recesses of the other one, as is shown in Fig. 210. The said bails bear with their projections on the top ends close only the circuits of the rotating and printing electromagnets, while the projections I33 of the upper bail I33I bear on the pawls I2I connected with the keys requiring shifting movement of the type cylinder. The last-named keysclose the circuits of the electromagnets for imparting rotary andshifting movement to the type cylinder, and the said shifting electromagnet closes the circuit of the throwingelectromagnet when it is operated, while the first-named keys close only the circuits of the rotating and printing electromagnets. The circuits are closed by means of arms 2 carrying rollers 2I2 of insulating material and provided one on each ball WI and I33I, thesaid arms 2' and rollers 2I2 pressing two contact making springs 2I3 intoengagement with two contact making springs 2 I4 when a key is depressed. As is shown in Fig. 22 the contact arms 2 and their rollers 2I2 act each on a pair of contact making springs 2I3. The contact making springs ofone pair are adapted to close the circuits of the rotating and printing electromagnets, while the contact making springs of the other pair close the circuits of the rotating and shifting electromagnets. Thus, by each key two contacts are operated, and therefore all the keys require the same power.- In this respect the construction shown in Figs. 21 to 210 is preferable as compared to the construction shown in Fig. 1, in which some of the keys operate two. contacts, and other keys operate three contacts. The circuit of the printing electromagnet is closed by means of the shifting electromagnet through the intermediary of a subsidiary switch connected in shunt with the main switch of the circuit of the printing electromagnet andlocated in position for being closed by 1 the shifting electromagnet.

- screws springs may be readily exchanged by unscrewing The two pairs of contact making springs provided one at each side of the machine are mounted on a block 2| 5 secured by means of screws 2I6 to an insulating block 2I8 andby means of screws 2" to two brackets 2I9. By the screws 2| 6 all the contact springs are connected with their leads, the screw-threaded bushings of the screws 2I6 providing the nuts of the clamping 220. Thus all the contact making the screws 2I6 and 2", leads.

Above the tail ends of the pawls I 2| respectively of the right hand and left hand sides of the machine two bails I34 are located which are rockingly mounted on an axis I35, and which are connected by links I36 with the armature 25 without loosening the of the printing electromagnet 26 -(Figs. 1 and The said bails are rocked downwardly slight- 1y before the type on the type cylinder impinges upon the paper, and theythrow, the pawl I2I which has been operated'by the key out of operation, so that the parts moved through the intermediary of the said pawl are returned into normal positions, and the contacts controlled thereby are interrupted, though the key remains in depressed position.

The mechanism for closing the electric circuits comprising the pawls HI and the contact making bails 68 and I 33 is advantageous for the reason that the interruption of the electric circuits is intaken from the fulcrum to the surface of the plate I23 and to the points where the contact making balls 68 and I33 engage'the said pawls may be made different in length, or the contact making bails may be made longer or shorter, so that'they are released by the pawls at the proper moment. To have the circuit breaking operation independent of the circuit closing operation is important for the reasonthat in view of the rapidity of the operation of the machine the electric circuit should 'as possible, in order to permit the type cylinder to return into inoperative position after printing, while the bell crank lever 38 must remain in advanced position until the type cylinder has begun its rotary return movement, which rotary return movement cannot be immediately started when the circuit is'interrupted, by reason of the acceleration during the forward movement.

Further, the mechanism for interrupting the electric circuit permits printing with greater or smaller force, according to the number of the copies to be made, for which purpose the bail I34 is made to act earlier or later on the pawls I2I for interrupting-the current at an earlier or later moment, so that the impression is made more or less strong.

The current interruption may also be regulated in such a way that letters of larger surface, such for example as the letters W and M, are printed with greater force than others, such for example as'points and commas, which when printed with high force perforate the paper.

For this purpose the bail I34 is shaped so that it shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The electromagnets 26,

21, 28, I0 and 16 are connected in shunt to a lead a connected through the switch 3! with a source of electric energy represented in the figure by the plus and minus signs. Whena key of the right hand or left hand side of the machine is depressed which is disconnected from the shift mechanism, the corresponding switch ,I3Ia, I32a (I3Ib, I32b) of the right hand or left hand side of the machine is closed. Thereby the electromagnet 21 or 28 for imparting rotary'movement and the printing electromagnet are energized and they operate the mechanisms controlled thereby ,in the manner described above.

If a key is depressed which controls the shift mechanism, in addition to the switch I 3Ic, I 32c (I3ld, I32d) for the shifting electromagnet 16, the switch I3Ie, I32e (I3If, I321) is closed, and simultaneously a switch H of the printing electromagnet 26 is opened. Slightly before the end of the movement of the shifting electromagnet 16 the switch I04, I05 of the printing electromagnet 26 is closed, by the shifting electromagnet 16, and now the printing electromagnet is energized. Before the type cylinder strikes on the platen theswitch IIJ' of the electromagnet 10 is closed, and the said switch is opened again be interrupted as early and inoperative at "the end of the return moveit the end of the return movement of the type :ylinder. r

The switch 3H! is the main switch which is :losed beforethe operation of the machine begins and the said switch is adapted to be automatically opened by the line stop.

In Fig. 29 I have shown the circuit'of the modlfication shown in Figs. 21a, 21b, 21c and 22. When a key is depressed which does-not operate the shift mechanism, the switch 2I3a, 2l4a (2|3b, ZMb) or the switch H30, H40 (2l3d, Ilfld) for the electromagnet 21 or 28 for imparting rotary movement and the switch 2I3e, 2I ie (2I3f, 2th) for the electromagnet 26 for imparting printing movement are closed, and the machine operates as has been described above. If a key is depressed which controls the shifting mechanism, the switch of the electromagnet 2'! or 28 and the switch 2l3g, mg (mu, mm of the shifting electromagnet 16 are closed, whereupon the rotating and shifting mechanisms areoperated. The printing electromagnet 2 6 'is energized by the shifting electromagnet which closes the switches I04, I slightly before the end of the movement. Thus by thedepression of the key in both cases two switches are closed andj thereiore theresistance opposed to the finger depressing a key is always the same.

I claim:

1. In a typewriting machine,'the combination, with a rotary type carrier, key-controlled mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier comprising a rock shaft, a pawl engaging said rock shaft and adapted to lock the same in median position, means operative whenrotary movement is imparted to said'type carrier ment thereof for throwing said pawl out of locking engagement with said rock shaft.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, its shaft, and the mounting for said shaft which is rockable for imparting printing movement to said type carrier, of key-controlled mechanism for imparting-rotary and printing. movements to said type carrier comprising electromagnetsfor imparting respectively the rotary and means for simultaneously energizing said electromagnets, and means for preventing printing movement to a moment near the end of the. tary movement.

3. In a-typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier having a series of signs arranged thereon in two rows, of key-controlled mechanisms for imparting rotary and printing movements-to said type carrier, an electromagnet and its armature for shifting said type carrier, shift mechanism, and a shift member adapted to be moved by said armature first into engagement with said shift mechanism and thereafter in a direction for shifting said type carrier.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, and its operating mechanism,

of a type carrier shift-mechanism, means for locking said shift mechanism in position as against shifting movement and means operative when said shift mechanism is operated for throwing said locking means into inoperative position.

5. In an electrical typewriting machine, thecombination, with a rotary type carrier, the platen, andmechanisms including electromagnets. and their circuits for imparting rotary,

printing and shifting movements to said type the printing movement,

carrier, of switches included in the circuits of said electromagnets, members one adapted to close the switches of the rotating and printing electromagnets and the other adapted to close the switches of the rotating and shifting electromagnets, and key levers one group adapted to operate one member and the other group adapted to operate the other member, said shift mechanism being constructed for closing the circuit of the printing electromagnet.

6. In an electrical typewriting machine, the

combination, with a rotary type carrier, of mechanisms including electromagnets and their circuits for setting said type carrier with the desired type'in printing position and for throwing the same towards the platen, switches included in the circuits of the said electromagnets, a bail controlling said switches, members controlling said mechanism for setting said type carrier in position, key-controlled pawls for operating said bail and members, and a device connected with said throwing mechanism for retracting said pawls from said ball 1y engaging said ball and the other one loosely engaging one of said members.

'7. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier,oi' mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said carrier comprising a gearing the driven memberof which has a smaller radius than the driving member so that the angles through which the driving member is rotated are smaller than the corresponding angles through which the driven member is rotated, a stop connected with said driving member and located between the axes of said driving and driven members, and a series of keycontrolled stops cooperating with said stop connected with the driving member for limiting the rotary movement of the type carrier and setting the same with the types in printing position, said series of stops being arranged on a line intersecting the plane in which the axes of said driving and driven members are located.

8. In a typewrit ng machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, of mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said carrier comand members, each of said pawls being formed with two shoulders one looseprising a gearing the driven member of which has a smaller radius than the driving member so that the angles through 'whichthe driving 3 member is rotated are smaller than the corresponding angles through whichthe driven member is rotated, a stop connected with said driving member and located between the axes of said driving and driven members, and a series of keycontrolled stops cooperating with said stop connected with the driving member for limiting the rotary movement of the type carrier and setting the same with the types in printing position, said series of stops being arranged on a line intersecting the plane in which the axes of said driving and driven members ranged in two' groups said plane.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, and a key lever mechanism, of mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said carrier comprising 'a gearing the driven member of which has a smaller radius than. the driving memberso that the angles through which the driving member is rotated are smaller than the corresponding angles through which the driven member is rotated, the axis of said driven member and type carrier being located between said key lever mechanism are located and being armember for limiting the with said mechanism,

arresting the type carrier in tween the axes of said driving and driven mend-- bers, and a series of key-controlled stops cooperating with said stop connected with the driving rotary movement of the type carrier and setting the same with the types in printing position, said series of stops being arranged on a line intersecting the plane in which the'axes of said driving and driven members are located and being arranged in two groups located on either side of said plane.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with arotary type carrier, its stem, and a key lever mechanism, of mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said carrier comprising a pinionmounted coaxially of and connected with said stem, a toothed sector meshing with said pinion and having a radius larger than the radius of said pinion, the axis of said type carrier being located between said key lever mechanism and the axis of said sector, a stop-connected with .said sector and located between the axes of said pinion and sector, and a series of stops controlled by said key lever mechanisms and cooperating with said stop connected with said sector for limiting the rotary movement of said type carrier and setting the same with any one of the types in printing position, said series 01' stops being divided into two groups located on either side of said stem, and said series of stops being located on a line intersecting the plane in which the axes of said pinion and sector are located.

11. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, of key-controlled mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier comprising a driving member mounted on a rockable shaft of polygonal crosssection, an electromagnet for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier having its armature secured to said rockable shaft, and mechanism controlling the operation of said type carrier having one of its members secured to said rockable shaft. p

12. In a. typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, of mechanism comprising an electromagnet for imparting rotary movement tosaid type carrier, a stop arm movable key-controlled stops cooperating with said stop arm and adapted to arrest said type carrier with any one of its types in printing position, and a pawl and ratchet teeth, one of them movable with said mechan'ism for locking the mechanism in arrested position, said pawl-being adapted to be thrown into said ftype carrier comprising an electromagnet and its armature and key-controlled stopsfor position with any of the types-"inprinting position, and means for locking the type carrier in the said printing-positio comprising teeth mounted on the armature ofsaid electromagnet and an automatically retracted pawl adapted to be moved by the mag- .ympetism of said electromagnet into locking engagement with said teeth.

14;.In a typewriting machine, the combination-{with a rotary'type cylinder, of key-controlled"mechanism for imparting rotary movement thereto comprising a rock shaft, 9. pair of spring-pressed arms separate from said mechanism and movable independently of each other and eccentrically engagingsaid rock shaft and adapted to return the same into median posi-' tion, and stops fixed relatively to said arms and adapted for direct engagement therewith for determining the median positions-of said arms.

15. In a typewriting machine-the combination with a rotary type carrier, of key-controlled mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier, a rock shaft, two pawls engaging said rock shaft and adapted to hold the same in median position, and means operative when rotary movement is imparted to said type carrier and inoperative at the end ofthe return move- 1 ment of said type carrier for retracting either one of said pawls away from said rock shaft.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, of key-controlled mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier, a rock shaft, a pair of arms mounted on said rock shaft, pawls engaging said arms for holding said rock shaft in median position', and means operative when rotary move ment is imparted to said type carrier and inoperative at the end of the return movement of said type carrier for retracting either one pawls away from its arm.

17. In a typewriting machine,' the combination, with a rotary type carrier, its shaft, and the mounting for said shaft which is rockable for imparting printing movement to said type carrier, of key-controlled and electrically operated mechanisms for imparting rotary and printing movements to said type carrier, a stop member movable with the mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier, key-controlled stops cooperating with said stop member for arresting the type carrier in position with any one of the types in printing position, locking means for preventing printing movement of said type carrier, and a pawl movable with said stop member connected with said locking means and adapted to be acted'uponby said stops for releasing said locking means.

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotarytype carrier, its shaft, and the mounting for said shaft which is rockable for imparting printing movement to said type carrier, of key-controlled and electrically operated mechanisms for imparting rotary and printing movements to said type carrier, and-a rock shaft transmitting rotary movement to said type carrier; a member connected with said printing mechanism and movable in a direction for permitting printing, means for locking said memberin position for preventing printing, and means connected with said mechanism for imparting rotary movement and carried bysaid rock shaft for relasing said member to permit printing.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type. carrier, its shaft, and the mounting for said shaft which is rockable for imparting printing movement to said type carrier, of key-controlled and electrically operated of said.

mechanisms for imparting rotary and printing movements to said type. carrier, suchmechanism including a rock shaft transmitting rotary moverinting, and means for re c n said pawl so as to release said member 'and permit printing.

In a typewriting machine, the combination,

ment to said type carrier, a member connected ing, a member mounted and movable coaxially of said rock shaft and engaged by said arm for preventing printing movement of the type car rier, a pawl engaging said member and locking the same in position for preventing printing, and means for retracting said pawl so as to release said member and to permit printing.

1. A typewriting machine as claimed in claim 6, in which the device connected with the throwing mechanism has its portions engaging said pawls located different distances away from the pawls.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a rotary 'type carrier, and a key lever mechanism, of mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said carrier comprising a gearing the driven member of which has a smaller radius than the driving member so that the angles through which the driving member is rotated are smaller than the corresponding angles through which the driven member is rotated, the axis of said driven member and type carrier being located between said key lever mechanism and the axis of said driving member, a stop connected with said driving member and located between secured to said shaft,

the axes of said driving and driven members, and a series of key-controlled stops cooperating with said stop connected with the driving member for limiting the rotary movement of the type carrier and setting the same with the types in printing position, said series of stops being arranged on a line intersecting the plane in which the axes of said driving and driven members are located on. either side of said plane. I

23. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier, of mechanism for imparting rotary movement to said type carrier comprising a stop member movable with said type carrier and mechanism, key-controlled stops cooperating with said stop member and adapted to arrest said type carrier with any one of the types in printing position, and a pawl taking part in the rotary movement of said stop member and adapted to engage, .at the end of the rotary movement, a portion of the said mechanism which is fixed relatively thereto for rebounding of the stop member.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination, with a rotary type carrier and its shaft, a disk preventing movement to said shaft, and a notched setting member adapted to be engaged by said disk moving toward the platen for adjusting the same longitudinally of its axis, said setting member being mounted so as to be yieldable in the direction of motion of the said disk when the type carrier is moving to printing position.

OSKAR FISCHER;

means to impart printing 

